For many, the arts have been a source of comfort and solace when the world around us appears to spin out of control. This pandemic has shuttered or limited many of our favorite venues for music, art ...

In today’s world, creative thinking is needed more than ever. Not only do many businesses seek creative minds to fill their ranks, but the kinds of complex social problems we face could also use a ...

This post is part 2 of a series. In my previous post, I wrote that, after being inspired by Rick Rubin’s book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, I decided to find out what is going on in the human ...

Creativity can be as valuable in an office or a factory as it is at studios like Pixar, claim the change specialists at HWC. Creative thinking doesn't require a lone genius struggling to find ...

When you think of creative skills, what's the first image that comes to mind? Perhaps a creative team such as your company's digital marketing or communications department? Or maybe the booming ...

Mixed race businessman listening to headphones and working at desk Listening to music while you work “significantly impairs” creativity. That was the conclusion of a study published earlier this year ...

I recently finished reading an interesting book by Rick Rubin, The Creative Art: A Way of Being. (I was not paid and never met the author.) One of the clear messages of this book is that creativity ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. If you want your career to thrive, or your organization to ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Creativity is often defined as the ability to come up with new and useful ...

The concept of presence of mind, as a tool for strategy, comes from one of the original writers on that subject: the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz. In his classic book On War, published in 1832 ...

Have you ever felt blocked and uncreative or feel like you can’t solve even a simple problem? You have amazing creative talent and skills, you just have to learn how to unlock your abilities. There ...